Funimation has released a teaser trailer for it’s upcoming historical action/thriller The Empire of Corpses, which will hit limited theaters on April 19th and 20th. The film comes from the mind of Project Itoh and is brought to life by the studio that gave us Attack on Titan. A trailer can be seen below.
In an attempt to revive his dearly departed friend, young medical student John Watson becomes obsessed with replicating the work of Dr. Victor Frankenstein—the legendary corpse engineer whose research produced the only re-animated corpse to possess a soul. But when his illegal experiments put him at odds with the British government, Watson is drafted into a worldwide race to find the lost research notes of Victor Frankenstein before the secrets of the human soul fall into the wrong hands.
The Empire of Corpses is based on a novel by Itoh (real name Satoshi Itō), who passed away in 2009 at the age of 34 after a prolonged battle with cancer.
